“In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny.” GivingHeartArtMadeWarStatesWould BeSpiritWealthForgetNumbersLibertyArmsEasierActivityVictimUnionsCorruptionNobleTyrannyResistanceRuinsLuxuryAncestorTranquilityEmployedArt Of WarZealInvincibleDescendantsFormidableAccelerate Author:Samuel Adams
“I was well on the way to forming my present attitude toward politics as it is practiced in the United States; it is a beautiful fraud that has been imposed on the people for years, whose practitioners exchange gelded promises for the most valuable thing their victims own: their votes. And who benefits the most? The lawyers.” PeopleWayYearsWellsHas BeensStatesBeautifulUnitedAttitudeUnited StatesPromiseBenefitsVoteVictimValuableLawyerFraudValuable Things Author:Shirley Chisholm
“He held to the idea that the Jewish people, so often victims of injustice and persecution, should have a state where they could be independent and free. Think good or ill of Arik Sharon, agree or disagree with him, but that calling - a noble one - was plain and unalloyed.” PeopleThinkingShouldIdeasStatesCallingShould HaveIndependentAgreeVictimInjusticeIllNobleDisagreePersecutionSharon Author:Ariel Sharon